The EU Monitoring Mission condemns the attack Sunday on its patrol near the Abkazian administrative boundary line, in which the driver of an accompanying MediClub vehicle was killed, the doctor injured and an EUMM vehicle slightly damaged.
Head of Mission Ambassador Haber has commented:
“I am very concerned that our preliminary findings of this incident indicate this was a deliberate attack on our patrol, going about its daily duties. This is a worrying development and completely unacceptable. The EUMM is an unarmed non executive Mission, mandated to carry out patrols to bring about security and stability to the people on both sides of the administrative boundary lines. We are entitled to carry out our legitimate activities unhindered.
I hope that those responsible for this tragic incident are caught and prosecuted. Meanwhile I call on all sides to practice restraint and to use the agreed format of the Incident and Response Mechanism to deal with issues of concern.”